Did Veganism and Alternative Medicine Kill Breast-Fed Baby?

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VEGANS ARE SO NAIVE. BEING A VEGETARIAN ISN'T ALL ITS TRUMPED UP TO BE. THATS WHY IT TAKES 3 HEAPING DINNER PLATES OF GREENS FROM A SALAD BAR TO EQUAL THE NUTRIENTS OF 1 SMALL 5 - 6 OZ. STEAK !!!!

What people don't understand is that humans are not designed to be vegetarian, much less vegan. While it's true that modern humans eat way too much meat, we do need the essential amino acids that are only available pretty much from meat (without swimming to the bottom of the ocean for some weird seaweed). Vegans need to carefully supplement their diets because a vegan diet is NOT natural for humans.

Ok, I thought people actually read my comments. I went vegan for a year. I ate nothing from animals. After about 6 weeks it was great. I felt fantastic best I ever had, lots of pep, free from the grease and fats. But after about a year I started passing out. I was in perfect health, and passing out. Turns out plants don't provide vitamin B12, only animals do.
My B12 got below fatal levels. Humans must eat meat. Those two pointed teeth in your upper jaw are not for rutabagas...Alfred-

AL, I love your comments on everything!
You are SO right! Some animals are herbivores, some are carnivores. The rest of us are omnivores. We have the teeth to masticate plants and animals because we are SUPPOSED to eat both, plants and animals.
Going vegan, to me, would be like second guessing G-d.

sam and sue - you could not be MORE wrong. as a complete vegan, i can assure you that i, and others like me, are a lot healthier than you. you can't just assume things and speak about something you know nothing about - it makes you seem ignorant. being vegan and vegetarian is about making healthy choices and choosing to live and eat a certain, healthier way. there is protein, amino acids, vitamins, etc. in all kinds of food that doesn't involve eating meat. again, it's about being smart and healthy. that said, this little baby that is the subject of the article didn't make the choice for herself and her parents should have fed her and provided medical care for her. they deserve to starve to death themselves.

but those mean old parents/ones with healthy kids/ were eating some poor animal, and we know how anti that the weirdo vegans are,

The issue wasn't that the mom's breast milk was bad because she is a vegan. The issue is the child was ONLY being given breast milk for food at 11 months. That's not enough calories or nutrition for a baby that age.

Leanne, the baby's parentS did not breastfeed her. If she was breastfed at all, it was by her MOTHER. Please quit the P.C. B.S. While I am sure the dad was in on the decisions about how to raise and nourish the baby, he did NOT breastfeed.

Well put. The third of my four sons (now all grown, healthy young men) was not terribly interested in solid food. Even at one year plus, he still got a lot of his nourishment from the breast. He was a happy, chubby little guy who grew into a thriving, strong, handsome child and man. You can experiment with your own health, but you can't take chances with your precious babies.

Hehe-its true that medicine is mostly guesswork too, they have no clue what causes what most of the time. thus all teh conflicting advice out there....

although i do believe that huamns are omnivores and meant to eat meat......

i must say taht if vegans are indeed healthier, its probably because of the fact that they are more mindful of eating in a healthy way in general (not the lack of meat in their diet....you cant tell me a vegan who stuffs themselves with pottoe chips all day will be a healthy person, but if a person is CHOOSING to not eat meat, they are probabaly more likely to choose healthy foods as well.) Its more about what type of person they are than the actual food is my assumption. There is nothing wrong with nice lean meat.....BUT pepople who choose to eat meat, may not eactly be known for will power and choose to eat fatty meat....

Statistics your are stating are generic, not specific. We are omnivores and we need protein. You can be a vegetarian/vegan if you compensate for it. But my son for instance can't eat soy products do to a kidney defect. Yet he is quite healthy and has exceeded growth expectations for a spontaneous birth defect. The kind of meat makes a differences as well as how much. I use natural remedies if at all possible as well, but I prefer the concept of integrated therapy and and there are many more doctors certified in this now thanks to Dr. Andrew Weil and Dr. Oz. Stay away from extremes and look for balance. These parents did not monitor the child's well being during treatment and were not giving enough nutrition for the child's age, as they should have had solids by then. Ignorant parents who have learned a heartbraking lesson.

Actually, its been proven that people who eat meat live longer and don't get sick as often as vegans and vegetarians. And vegans/vegetarians have a higer chance dying from brain anurisms. That is also, sadly, how Mr.Rogers died.

The parents should have gotten life. These vegan freaks KILLED their baby.

Just being vegan does not mean in any way that the mothers milk is insufficient for the baby's nutritional needs at 11 months old. Due to many food allergies I have had to become vegan, my son due to NEC cannot digest food on his own, with the exception of breast milk. He is nearly 3 years old and subsiding nearly entirely on breast milk. I eat a very healthy and proper diet, I can not eat soy, dairy, eggs, meat protein (or milk protein) rice or gluten. But I do consume 90 grams of protein a day (I am also pregnant and my baby is growing ahead of schedule) I eat a very health and balanced diet. Being vegan and smart about it can yeild a very healthy person and high calorie breast milk, the average ounce of breast milk provides 20 calories, mine was tested and provides 32 calories per ounce.

I think the big problem was their lack of allowing medical intervention when necessary and the mother likely did not adhere to a proper vegan diet, she was not passing enough calories to her daughter for her daughter to be so small. My son is 32 lbs and 38 in at 33 months old on pretty much straight brest milk.

Have you never read Genesis 9:3? "Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything. "